What'a a moon roof for?

The only problem I've had with the moon roof on my 98 Civic is that the
hot S. Florida sun is rotting out the sliding door for the moon roof.

 

Yeah, I almost went there with that, but oh well. You got the idea. ;}

 

Yeah, I almost went there with that, but oh well. You got the idea. ;}

 

I dunno, but did you check out "George Macdonald"'s advice (3rd post down in
this thread), saying something about putting on some silicone spray on it?
HTH

 

Sorry, but I have to respectfully disagree with you here.

Have a moonroof on my 96 Integra LS. Love it. Never leaked or any
other problems. Wind noise is moderate at worst, but definitely much
less than open side windows. Definitely allows more light into the
car. Can be seen as a poor man's convertible. ;-)

Have both A/C and moonroof; prefer to use the roof unless it is very
hot and/or humid. Of course, A/C comes in very handy for clearing
fogged windows, but that's another story.

As to the roof deflectors, I had one installed originally but didn't
like it so I took it off after a few weeks. I found it made the
opening real small and secondly, since it deflect the wind over the
car, whenever it rained I couldn't open the roof afterward until it
dried naturally, because the water drops were not blown off the car...
rather annoying.

But of course, it all comes down to personal preference. Just my
opinion.


Kevin

 

I think he is talking about using silicone spray to keep the door
sliding ok. That's not my problem. The front edge of the door on mine
is rotting away from the hot sun. i just taped it for now.

Anyway, at night its called a "moon roof" and during the day its called
a "sun roof". If it rains, and it leaks.........its jut a "roof".

 

If you had used the silicone spray on it from day one, as part of a
preventative maintenance regime, you wouldn't have the problem you have now.

It would be more aptly be called a leaky roof ;^)

--
Brian

I love being married. It's so great to find
that one special person, you want to
annoy for the rest of your life.

 

I don't agree that "it really eats up the headroom." At 5'11", my three
Preludes have been fine. If you're 6'4", then it would be a problem in the
smaller cars.

Why would you think there would be more injuries?
-Head striking the padded roofliner?
-Debris falling through the open roof?
-Structural integrity of the roof (with that inner metal tray, could it be
stronger)?

J.

 

Its an Accord that the original poster was discussing. My comments
only apply to the accord and not the prelude.

Because if one leans forward with a straight back, the body pivots
around an axis resulting in the head catching the forward lip of the
moon roof. I suppose in a typical head on accident, the head just
flies straight forward and then down a bit as the seat belts and air
bag kick in. But suppose you have the car hit some nasty bumps where
your getting some up and down motion. Then the tolerances are going
to be less than with a non-mooned roof vehicle. I doubt if that
insurance organization that tests cars in accidents ever tested a
moonroof equipped vehicle.

Mind you the one I have is factory (not one of those dealer add ons
that just pops straight up). The factory unit actually lowers into the
car and then slides back. . The result is a lower interior roof in
the foward area of the vehicle. I also have the same height as
yourself.

Its the ridge I am talking about. Thats where the modified roof has
been lowered to accommodate the added hardware. So there is a ridge
where the interior roof meets the open area. I dont think the padding
is going to do much if you hit that ridge.

I would think a non-mooned roof car would be more survivable in a
flipped vehicle accident.

Mind you, its a luxury add on which accounts for a small number of the
vehicles. I doubt that there is much research that goes into
analyzing the behavior of the vehicle under accident situations for
moonroofed equipped vehicles. I suppose it could go either way on
structural integrity. But if the roof is getting crushed downward,
you'll have less inches.

I guess another way to look at it is what made the designers decide on
the original height of the roof? I would think safety is part of it.
Add that high profit luxury item.....what is the manufacture going to
do...add more height to the roof and retool their factories or just
stick it into the interior of the car and smooth it out with some
added foam / cloth.

 

Dude...
I really don't mean to sound rude, please don't take it that way but, If you
are that worried about the Moon-Sun roof you may want to consider trading it
in and getting a tank. Then you can just drive over what ever you would
have hit if you were in the Honda.
but then I don't think they pad the hatch lid either.